SAP S/4HANA Operations / Manufacturing BPM

Danisco Brazil Ltda.; Castelo Branco; Hybrid; EUR 81,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

IFF is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Business Process Manager to support its global transformation program focused on manufacturing and operations. This temporary role requires design, testing, deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement across sites.

Based in Brazil or Finland with a hybrid model, the role collaborates with stakeholders, process owners, and SAP teams to drive harmonization and successful SAP S/4HANA adoption.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of SAP experience in manufacturing/operations.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, or transformation programs.
• Experience documenting business requirements, process flows, test plans, and validation outcomes.
• Strong testing, user acceptance testing, and defect-management experience.
• Ability to collaborate with global business users, site teams, and IT in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy SAP S/4HANA solutions for manufacturing and operations.
• Analyze current-state manufacturing processes to standardize and streamline.
• Support data cleansing and validation within SAP LP1.
• Gather, document, and validate business requirements and functional needs.
• Develop test plans, scripts, UAT, and defect resolution.
• Support go-live activities and post-go-live stabilization.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP LP1

Production Planning

Materials Management

Warehouse Management

Job description

Job Summary Are you passionate about innovation that transforms everyday products into extraordinary experiences? IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets. We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Business Process Manager to support our global transformation program. This is a temporary, fixed-term position established to support the SAP S/4HANA transformation journey. This role will focus on manufacturing and operations processes, including process design, testing, deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement across global manufacturing sites. The role is based in Brazil or Finland and follows a hybrid work model, with three to four days per week in the office. You will work closely with business stakeholders, process owners, site teams, and SAP project teams to drive process harmonization and successful adoption of SAP S/4HANA solutions.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Support the design and deployment of SAP S/4HANA solutions for manufacturing and operations.
• Analyze current-state manufacturing processes and identify opportunities for standardization and streamlining.
• Support process improvements and data cleansing activities within SAP LP1.
• Gather, document, and validate business requirements, process flows, and functional needs.
• Participate in business process workshops and solution design activities with business and technical teams.
• Develop and execute test plans, test scripts, user acceptance testing, and defect-resolution activities.
• Support data validation, cutover, training, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
• Maintain process documentation, work instructions, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with global manufacturing sites, operations teams, and Information Technology resources to resolve issues and ensure alignment with global standards and governance.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• At least five years of SAP experience, including work with manufacturing and operations processes.
• At least five years of experience supporting manufacturing operations, production, or related business processes.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, or transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production execution, inventory management, and related operational processes.
• Experience documenting business requirements, process flows, test plans, and validation outcomes.
• Strong testing, user acceptance testing, validation, and defect-management experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into practical solutions.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business users, site teams, process owners, and technical resources in a global environment.
• Clear communication and stakeholder-management skills, with experience working in Agile delivery environments.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience with SAP Production Planning, Materials Management, Warehouse Management or Extended Warehouse Management, Quality Management, or related operations modules.
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems, SAP LP1, or an SAP Enterprise Central Component to SAP S/4HANA transformation.
• Experience supporting manufacturing operations in a global organization.

Why Choose Us?

Contribute to a global SAP S/4HANA transformation that will shape manufacturing and operations processes across IFF. Collaborate with global business, site, process, and technology teams. Help drive process harmonization, adoption, and continuous improvement across manufacturing sites. Work in a hybrid model based in Brazil or Finland, with three to four days per week in the office. We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more At IFF, we make joy through science, creativity and heart. As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products - advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience. We value an inclusive, creative workplace where all individuals can thrive and do their best work. We consider all qualified candidates equally and based on merit, without regard to religion, ethnicity, national origin, race, age, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability.